The Lady Musketeer (TV 2004)
"La Femme Musketeer" (original title)

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writer:

Sandra Weintraub

Stars:

Gérard Depardieu, Michael York, Nastassja Kinski

Cast

Credited cast:
Gérard Depardieu	...	Cardinal Mazarin
Michael York	...	D'Artagnan
Nastassja Kinski	...	Lady Bolton
Susie Amy	...	Valentine D'Artagnan
John Rhys-Davies	...	Porthos
Christopher Cazenove	...	Athos
Casper Zafer	...	Gaston (as Caspar Zafer)
Allan Corduner	...	Aramis
Freddie Sayers	...	King Louis
Marcus Jean Pirae	...	Villeroi
Clemency Burton-Hill	...	Marie Mancini
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathy Ashworth	...	Townsperson
David Atkinson	...	Villeroi's Aide
Imogen Bain	...	Mrs. Planchet
Csilla Barath-Bastaic	...	Sonia

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

bar brawl | villainess | tough guy | adventure hero | bar fight | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Official Sites:

Hallmark Entertainment

Country:

Croatia Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 March 2006 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

The Lady Musketeer

Filming Locations:

Croatia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Drotcroft Limited, Hallmark Entertainment, Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

163 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael York also played D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge

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Goofs

When Marie first reads the Queen's letter, the seal is on top of the letter. When every other character who reads the letter does so, the seal is on the bottom.

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Connections

Follows The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

User Reviews

Entertaining 2-hour movie on a 3-hour US DVD.

An entertaining 2-hour movie, fluffed to 3 hours on the US DVD release. It's rather entertaining, for the most part, except that there are great lulls in the action as well as the main plot.

The movie frequently pauses on trivial scenes which focus on unnecessary personal interactions between characters. I suppose if they cut those parts, the original movie might have moved more quickly and yet possibly too quickly for younger child-audiences, and since this is indeed a Hallmark made-for-television mini-series, it's understandable and somehow tolerable.

All of the action/fight-scenes are in frame-flicker-mode, disguising these through safely- and slowly-filmed sequences which are then speeded up, much like old Asian martial-arts films that make everyone laugh, these days. Some of these are well-done, but after a while they become rather irritating, and some still appear to be in fast-speed, despite the attempts to use the frame-flicker-mode.

The old characters from the original Three Musketeers story are brought into the action later, including Michael York reprising his original role from the very popular 1970's Three Musketeers and Four Musketeers movies.

Overall, it's great watching for fans of those 1970's versions, as well as young feminist-heroine fans, and appropriate for younger family members, a rarity these days.